Mid-Weight Designer

The Role...
A Mid-Weight Designer at Soho House is responsible for producing high quality project design deliverables from concept generation to both FF&E specification and construction documents. 
They work on one large, or multiple smaller projects simultaneously overseen by the Senior Designer / Lead Designer on  tasks and deliverables to ensure the facilitation of a project’s completion.

Key Responsibilities:

Project based:

• Producing high quality project design deliverables from concept phase to construction packages


• Works closely with the project team following efficient design management processes and implementation initiatives


• Ensures project milestones and deadlines are met with the overview of Senior/ Lead Designer where appropriate


• Creates project schedules, design drawings and facilitates the protoype process by liaising between the design team and suppliers


• Responsible for the project timetable and interior design budget and works closely with Procurement Agent to ensure smooth delivery of his/her projects


• Ensures that the integrity of the agreed design solutions are maintained by taking responsibility for the  development of the design and the project


• Undertakes an ongoing review of subsequent stages with the input from the Lead Designer & Design Director  for key project stages


• Assigns project hours to Harvest on a daily level

Team Management:

• Monitors resources on his/her projects


• Helps maintaining a general staff well being and a happy and positive work environment

Standards/ Project Running: 

• Ensuring projects follow office standards, and helps keeping standards up to date with project info, project admin, maintaining design programme

Project Responsibilities:

Stage 1: Initial Concept

• Familiarizes his/herself with internal project programme/ deadlines/budget


• Responsible for overall concept direction with the overview of Senior Designer/Lead Designer


• Responsible for organizing regular reviews with Lead Designer/ Design Director

Stage 2: Detailed Concept

• Responsible for final layout plan, ensuring that it meets all client/operational requirements


• Creates FF&E proposals, schedules with the review of Senior Designer/Lead Designer


• Review of FF&E Budget with Procurement Manager


• Responsible for ensuring all Finishes meet Technical, Financial and Operations Requirements

Stage 3: Detailed Design Package

• Creates Tender Packages


• Liaises with Project Design Team to ensure Co-ordination between Drawings


• Involvement in V.E Workshops


• Liaising with Procurement Manager to ensure their understanding of Design Intent


• Manages RFI’s


• Creates construction drawings


• Collates and coordinates Workshop Drawings with the overview of Senior Designer / Lead Designer


• Organizes prototype development and reviews with the overview of Lead Designer/ Design Director

Stage 4: Site attendance

• Attends site meetings


• Attends all Design Team Meetings


• Works with Procurement Team to Co-ordinate Delivery / Installation

Stage 5: Installation & handover

• Management and Co-Ordination of Site Installation


• Creates detailed and user friendly Handover document


• Responsible for Snagging and follow-up process